Caerus Investment Advisors LLC Purchases 4,981 Shares of Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

Caerus Investment Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 103.4% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 9,797 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after buying an additional 4,981 shares during the quarter. Amazon.com accounts for 0.9% of Caerus Investment Advisors LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 17th largest position. Caerus Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $2,151,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Auxier Asset Management LLC lifted its position in Amazon.com by 25.4% in the 3rd quarter. Auxier Asset Management LLC now owns 10,756 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $2,362,000 after acquiring an additional 2,181 shares in the last quarter. Campbell Capital Management Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 13.5% in the 3rd quarter. Campbell Capital Management Inc. now owns 41,690 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $9,154,000 after purchasing an additional 4,950 shares in the last quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors raised its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 2.2% in the third quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 2,402,486 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $527,514,000 after purchasing an additional 50,924 shares during the last quarter. AdviceOne Advisory Services LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 39.7% during the third quarter. AdviceOne Advisory Services LLC now owns 2,044 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $449,000 after purchasing an additional 581 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Coldstream Capital Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Amazon.com by 4.2% during the third quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 397,695 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $87,322,000 after purchasing an additional 16,134 shares in the last quarter. 72.20% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Amazon.com news, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 19,872 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.18, for a total value of $4,077,336.96. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,238,118 shares in the company, valued at $459,217,051.24. This represents a 0.88% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 17,751 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, February 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.22, for a total transaction of $3,642,860.22. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 9,405 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,930,094.10. This trade represents a 65.37% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 71,686 shares of company stock worth $14,688,739 in the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 9.70% of the company’s stock.

Amazon.com Price Performance

NASDAQ AMZN opened at $209.87 on Thursday. The business’s fifty day moving average is $221.35 and its 200 day moving average is $226.32. Amazon.com, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $161.38 and a fifty-two week high of $258.60. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a current ratio of 1.05. The company has a market capitalization of $2.25 trillion, a PE ratio of 29.27, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.61 and a beta of 1.40.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The e-commerce giant reported $1.95 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.97 by ($0.02). Amazon.com had a return on equity of 21.87% and a net margin of 10.83%.The company had revenue of $213.39 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $211.02 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.86 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 13.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Sell-side analysts predict that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts recently commented on AMZN shares. Roth Mkm reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $295.00 price objective (up from $270.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Monday, January 26th. New Street Research lowered their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $350.00 to $285.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 12th. Guggenheim reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $300.00 price target on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Arete Research boosted their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $283.00 to $285.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 11th. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a research report on Monday, December 29th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-three have issued a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Amazon.com has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $286.93.

Key Headlines Impacting Amazon.com

Here are the key news stories impacting Amazon.com this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Big long-term upside from AWS: CEO Andy Jassy told staff he expects AI could drive AWS to roughly $600B in annual revenue by 2036 — a reiteration of AWS as the core growth/profit engine. Reuters: AWS $600B
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst support: Wolfe Research recently raised its price target citing stronger AWS AI and data-center demand, which underpins upside for shares. Yahoo Finance: Wolfe Research
• Positive Sentiment: Product and cloud partnerships accelerating AI offerings — AWS announced deals (including a Cerebras collaboration for fast inference) and OpenAI/AWS commercial/government arrangements that expand addressable market for cloud and AI services. InsiderMonkey: Cerebras partnership
  Reuters: OpenAI-AWS gov deal
• Positive Sentiment: Faster delivery push and Prime Day timing: Amazon expanded 1‑hour/3‑hour delivery and reportedly moved Prime Day into June — both moves aim to pull demand forward, boost Q2 revenue and defend share in quick-commerce. Reuters: 1-hour delivery
  MarketBeat: Prime Day shift
• Neutral Sentiment: Capital spending and debt context: Amazon’s large bond sale and planned AI capex have analysts revising hyperscaler debt forecasts higher — supports growth but keeps focus on near-term margin/cash use. Reuters: debt forecasts
• Negative Sentiment: Legal/cloud competition risk: Reports say Microsoft is weighing legal action over a large Amazon–OpenAI cloud arrangement, creating regulatory / contract uncertainty for AWS/OpenAI deals. Reuters: Microsoft legal threat
• Negative Sentiment: Operational & headlines risk from logistics shuffle: Multiple reports that Amazon plans to sharply cut USPS volume (potentially two‑thirds) have pressured the stock amid concerns over transition costs and negative press; CNBC/WSJ coverage also shows negotiation frictions. WSJ: USPS volume cut
  CNBC: USPS talks

Amazon.com Company Profile

Amazon.com, Inc is a diversified technology and retail company best known for its e-commerce marketplace and broad portfolio of consumer and enterprise services. Founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, the company launched as an online bookseller and expanded into a global retail platform that sells products directly to consumers and provides a marketplace for third-party sellers. Over time Amazon has grown beyond retail into areas including cloud computing, digital media, devices and logistics.

Key businesses and offerings include Amazon’s online marketplace and fulfillment services, the Amazon Prime membership program (which bundles expedited shipping with streaming and other benefits), Amazon Web Services (AWS) which supplies on-demand cloud computing and storage to businesses and public-sector customers, and a range of content and advertising services such as Prime Video and Amazon Advertising.